Samhain

By this time on Sunday, millions of homes around the world will be preparing for an invasion—one spurred on by tiny armies of goblins, ghosts, monsters, and a plethora of Marvel Cinematic Universe characters. Come October every year, and sometimes even before the last week of September has fully passed, we engage in a slow-burn…

Update: We’re Moving! Kind of…

If there’s one thing the pandemic and lockdowns have taught me, it’s that no matter how introverted I am, I absolutely cannot stomach being cooped up in my room all the time. Maybe if I had my own home, with even just a small backyard, instead of a cramped apartment space split between two people, I’d…

A Room Away from the Wolves

Did I miss something? Perhaps I did. There is a lot going on in this book, but at the same time it feels like there is almost nothing going on in this book. A ghost story not meant to give you chills, but meant to make you think. I think…

— C.M.

Unfortunately…

My latest submission to a magazine just came back with a rejection the other day. And, as usual, my response to the news was not quite… positive. In fact, I basically went through my typical motions: the immediate Here it comes rolling through my brain as soon as the telltale email popped up in my…